Advance your career and enhance your employability in the rail industry or in general engineering

This one-year course is aimed towards those with an existing role or connection to the rail industry. You'll learn vital practical and theoretical skills to advance yourself professionally - preparing for more senior positions or further engineering studies.

How you learn

Our industry links ensure fantastic opportunities for all of our undergraduates. In this video, employers and students talk about the benefits of taking a placement year.

This HNC, while being a worthwhile standalone qualification, also provides the underpinning studies required for direct entry to Level 5 of the FdEng and BEng Railway Engineering degrees. It aims to deliver industry-relevant content that not only covers the fundamentals of engineering, but also delivers railway-specific material, based on new technologies. You'll study mathematics, engineering principles, business and legislation in the rail industry, and undertake an industry based project for two modules - ensuring a varied, useful course with valuable real-world application.

Applied learning

Two modules are based around work-based learning or industry-based application. Through these, you'll gather, select and analyse information, utilising it in your theoretical and campus-based studies.

Live projects

Project work is focused on practical railway infrastructure scenarios.

Future careers

The new qualifications and skills you develop on the course help enhance your employability within the rail industry. After successfully completing it you may be able to progress to our FdEng Railway Engineering and ultimately BEng Railway Engineering, or other relevant Engineering courses.

Where will I study?

You study at City Campus

City Campus

City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.

Adsetts library

Entry requirements

All students

• 80 UCAS tariff points from a relevant BTEC National Award or equivalent

• employment in an approved sponsoring company

If English is not your first language you also need an IELTS score of at least 6.0.

Additional information for EU/International students

This course is not open to international students who require a Tier 4 (General) student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a Tier 4 (General) student visa, contact our Admissions Team to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.

Modules

The modules for 2019/20 may vary to those given below, which are for academic year 2018/19

Year 1

Compulsory modules

Module

Credits

Assessment

Module: Legislative And Business Studies

Credits: 20

Assessment:
Coursework

Module: Rail Engineering Mathematics

Credits: 20

Assessment:
Coursework

Module: Rail Specific Engineering Practice

Credits: 20

Assessment:
Coursework

Final year

Compulsory modules

Module

Credits

Module: Rail Engineering Principles

Credits: 20

Module: Rail Industrial Project

Credits: 20

Fees and funding

Home/EU students

Our tuition fee for UK/EU students starting part-time study in 2019/20 is £4,625 per year (based on studying 60 credits per year).

† If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.

Financial support for home/EU students

How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.

Additional course costs

This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

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How do I apply?

Not ready to apply just yet?

Why not come to our next open day? Open days are the perfect place to talk to staff and students, visit our campuses and get all the information you need. Alternatively, feel free to ask us a question.